AROUND THE GREENS

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32232, 26 February 1970, Page 8

AROUN D THE GREENS

i Entries have been received from 134 teams for the annual diggers’ bowling tournament, which will be held this week-end. R. Barnett, whose Christchurch W.M.C.’s team has won the tournament for the last three years, is not playing this time, but the other three members of the four— D. Robertson, I. Edyvean and A, Bills—have entered with Bills as skip. The team should not be weakened by Barnett’s re- , placement as he is R. Anderson, a member of A. J. Rudduck’s Meadowbank four which won the 1966 national title. Ten greens will be in use on Saturday, with teams win- , ning four matches or being the winners of their section , going on to post-section play at the R.S.A. green on . Sunday. Canterbury Club T. J. Steele won his second club championship this season ! ■ when he easily beat G. H. ■ Humphries in the final of the ’ i singles competition. Steele! was in front from the start: j and his superb drawing gave I!Humphries little chance of -Closing the gap. N Steele’s other club success was as skip of the champion 'ifour and by this feat he •'matched the performance of 1 his wife, who for the second 1| successive year skipped the | champion four at the St women's club. • Mrs Steele narrowly missed ‘‘giving the family a second 1 jingles title this year, as she was runner-up in her club’s •singles. In a semi-final of the [Canterbury club junior {[singles championship D. Coleville beat G. Holmes. The singles final . between F. Brebner and A Murray has had to be postponed because of Murray [having an arm injury. ' The annual Summers (Memorial drawn-fours tournament was won by F. Picker- ’ ing, G. Holmes, C. McGregor and F. Lees (s). The runnersup were A. Johnstone. Brebner, R. Rolton and T. Hornsby (s). j A licensed victuallers team s played a side representing the club last Monday, Can{I terbury winning by 136 points s to 117 points. This fixture •Ihas been held annually for .[more than 40 years. . On the same day land and L estate agents played a fours on the club's smaller green. The winning ; four was the team of F. {[Drury, C. Lester, E. Keenan ;'and G. Bennett (s). Two teams from the club took part in a recent Central Otago fours tournament and both performed with credit. > The teams were E. Little, A. . Marshall, A. Tucker and C. • Broome (s) and G. A. Young, ' J. Johns, S. O’Callaghan and ', M. Hills (s). Elmwood Club t The club’s fours champion- • ship was won by G. P. Thomas’s team comprising B. 1 Pearce, R. Mahalm and J. G. Fitzgerald. In the final it 2 beat a team skipped by C. (Morris 30-10. With Morris s were W. T. Newburgh, C. 3 Smith and R. Norris. I Thomas’s four began strongly and after six ends : led by nine points. Morris -fought back and on one end he held four shots only to ; see a beautifully-judged run- - 3; ning bowl by Thomas put him ‘three down. ■ From this point on there ; was never any doubt about tithe result and Morris con■j ceded the game with three s i ends remaining. On Sunday week a team *|of six fours from Elmwood i I club will travel to Geraldine II to play in what is likely to i be an annual fixture between ; the two clubs. 1 South Brighton Club t The club’s fours champion- , ship was won by C. Smith. • J. Law. D. Keller and T. Dixon (s). In the final they „ beat T. Cameron’s team 24- { 15. s The game was even until ■i the thirteenth end when :! Cameron, who was leading s 11-9, drove to take out Dixon’s shot bowl and in do, [■ ing so sent the kitty into the ditch. As a result Dixon won seven points on the end and gained what proved to be a winning break. In a tense semi-final of 'the singles competition D. : Collie beat B. McManus 2Q-18. The other two semi-finalists. 1 Dixon and B. Reade, have yet • to meet. A four comprising Pascoe, : Taylor, Cameron and English i (s) won the club’s monthly i Sunday tournament. Three , teams, each with four wins, : qualified for the final. The club recently played friendly matches against Papanui on the latter club’s . new cotula greens in Condell { Avenue. South Brighton mem- . bers were most impressed by the quality of the greens. Dallington Club 1 J. Garven’s four won the club’s rinks championship i with its two lives still intact. • In the final—a game which ! produced some fine draw ; bowling—it beat D. Stuart’s team 21-15. The members of Garven s team were W. Pipe, the club’s 1 colts champion, H. Drewery . and E. Boaz. Last year’s singles chain--7 pion, I. McAllister, qualified • for this year’s final when he . beat T. Joyce 20-12. The other . finalist is G. Rowland. The club’s annual match 1 against Rakaia for the iKltchingham Shield was t played at Rakaia last Satury day with Dallington winning 1 by five matches to three, r Results (Dallington names n first) were:—Newton 27, Tate terson 12: Claridge 16, Gaylor 15; McKendry 26. K. Doig

10; Stuart 30, Shannon 16; Martin 30, Weaver 17: PirIrie 12, B. Doig 28: Joyce 17, Kerslake 18: Garven 16, Pluck 22. Woolston Club The results of the club’s championships are.—Singles, |J. Hartland: pairs, L. Cockroft and G. Clayden (s); ■. fours, H. Maloney, J. HartI land, J- Gillespie and N. Wales (s). ' A president's day tourna-. ment held last week-end was ! won by a four comprising H. . Crosley. R. Stapleton, A. AnJ call and H. Maloney (s). i More than 50 members attended a function held in conI junction with the tournament I at which the president (Mr S. . T. Hovel!) spoke of the proJ gress made by the club and thanked members for their . co-operation during the ; season. Edgeware Club : A. G. J. Johnstone qualified I;for the final of the singles championship when he beat -.W. Winterbourn 20-17 in a 7 semi-final. The other finalist is A. J. Charteris, the club's 5 singles champion for the last . three years. Johnstone gained an early r lead over Winterbourn, but ■ by the sixteenth end Winter- . bourn had drawn level. On . the final end Winterbourn required four points to tie the j: scores, but a single was all rhe could manage. An all-day triples tourna--5 ment held recently was won ; by G. Phillips, K. McLaughlan r and F. Ward. After the second round of the home i and-away matches with the s jNew Brighton club for the 5 Jones Cup, Edgeware leads , by 25 points. Ashburton M.S.A. Club i The club’s fours championship has been won by C. > Sutherland, H. T. Wakelin, W. ,W. Wakelin and R. Wakelin. I The champion pair is W. Neal . .and H. Stoddart and the .'singles title-holder R. White. . I The winner of the colts , championship was D. C. I Wood. In sub-centre events the club was successful in the competition for the Gala Cup ’ and it also won a rinks com- ’ petition. The winning Gaia I Cup team was White, R [ Rennie, Sutherland and R. Adams (s). ; I Wood and N. Bishop ‘teamed to be the sub-centre champion of champions colts . pair. In the final they beat .the Rakaia team.